Non-refillable bottle.



No. 862,799. 7 PATENTED AUG. 6, 1907. E. F. BRANCH. NON-REFILLABLEBOTTLE.

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EMHETT F. BRANCH, OF MARTINSVILLE, INDIANA.

NON-REFILLAB LE BOTTLE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6, 1907.

Application filed April 25, 1907. Serial No. 370,269.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMMETT F. BRANCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Martinsville, in the county of Morgan and State of Indiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non-Refill ableBottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a non-refillable bottle; and the object of theinvention is to provide bottles of the above mentioned'character withmeans so that alter the bottles have been drained of their contents theycannot be refilled with spurious imitations.

I accomplish the object of my invention by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which consists of a vertical central sectional viewof a bottle provided with my improved non-refillable device, in which 1constitutes the body which is contracted at its upper end to form theneck 2. The upper and internal wall of the bottle neck 2 is formed in aconically shaped manner, its dimensions being less at the bottom than atthe top. A stopper 5, composed of suitable material, corresponds to andfits the internal tapering wall of the neck when'in normal position, thetop of the stopper being slightly below the upper edge of the bottleneck.

A cap 10 is cemented or otherwise secured to the bottle neck, and thecap is provided with an outlet orifice 12, cut on reverse angles, toproduce an irregular channel so that the introduction of an article of aforeign nature to interfere with the normal action of the stopper isprevented. Fearing that a flexible wire or similar article might beforced through the irregularly formed orifice 12, the smooth walls ofsaid orifice lending assistance, I further reduce such a possibility inproviding one of the projecting ledges forming the irregular orifice 12with a series of ribs 14 which extend transversely to the direction inwhich the orifice is cut, so that a wire or similar article introducedfrom the outside would engage the ribs, when farther insertion thereofwould be prevented.

The cap 10 is provided at one side with a shoulder 15 which rests uponthe upper edge of the bottle neck 2 and determines the distance thebottle neck can be inserted into the cap 10. It will be noted that afterthe cap 10 occupies its normal position with relation to the bottleneck, the shoulder 15 will stand slightly above the top of the stopper5. This shoulder determines the amount of play afforded the stopper, sothat when the bottle is tilted to one side the stopper will be allowedto abut said shoulder, and by means of its conically shaped sides itwill draw away from the internal wall of the bottle neck and thus leavea passageway for the liquid to escape from the bottle. When the bottleis righted the stopper 5 will drop into its normal position and closethe passage leading into the bottle.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a bottle or similar article, of a cap adapted tobe secured to the bottle neck and provided with an irregularly formedorifice, ribs formed upon one of the ledges forming the irregularorifice, said ribs ex tending transversely to the direction in whichsaid orifice is cut, and a stopper for the bottle.

2. The combination with a bottle or similar article, of a cap adapted tobe secured to the bottle neck and provided with an irregularly formedorifice, ribs formed upon one of the ledges forming the irregularorifice, said ribs extending transversely to the direction in which saidorifice is cut, a stopper, and a shoulder formed within said cap andadapted to limit both the movement of the stopper and the insertion ofthe bottle neck.

The combination with a bottle or similar article, of a cap adapted to besecured to the bottle neck and provided with an irregularly formedorifice, ribs formed upon one of the ledges formingthe irregularorifice, a conically shaped stopper, and a shoulder formed within saidcap and adapted to limit both the movement of the stopper and theinsertion of the bottle neck.

EMMETT F. BRANCH. [L. 8.]

Witnesses F. W. Wounnnn, L. B. WonRNnn.

